TRIATHLONQUEST

Katie and I took Nessa up to Jordan Lake for some open water swimming.  It was a great day overall and we had a lot of fun!  Enjoy the pics!

My damned computer went down a few months ago and put a HUGE damper on my output.  I have also been busy with work, as usual.  I am taking steps to ensure that I have plenty of time to update TQ in the future.  #1 I dropped my MySpace account, yay!  That in itself is a big time saver.  I also enjoy updating my own site MUCH more than some prefabbed MySpace layout.  I will be adding a picture gallery and some other stuff to here in the near future.

I will be building another PC before long and that should help out quite a bit.  Right now I am on my laptop, fun..

In triathlon news: I am still training for the Beach 2 Battleship on November, 1st.  Katie got me a Garmin 405 for my birthday and that has helped simplify things immensely!  I am also attending a three day triathlon camp in August, I will post the details on that in the next few days.

It’s good to be back!

Today I did a short swim workout consisting of:

3×300m @ 140 AHR

I also biked 40:00 on the trainer (11.38 miles @ 17mph pace, 150 AHR)

Good little workout all together. Trying to get my damn bike legs back! I should not have taken so much time off over the holidays!

02/08:  I did a 7.2 mile run with push-ups, sit-ups and lunges at the 1/2 way point.

Time: 1hr 16min/AHR 159 bpm

02/10:  Katie and I did our heavy bench workout - I’ll edit the details on Wednesday - I am late for work!

02/11:  This morning I swam 1000m

Hey everyone - I apologize but I have been swamped with work over the last two weeks! I am currently working on my triathlon schedule for this year. I am a little behind the power curve right now, but I think it will work out. I am shooting to do five to six sprint triathlons and then the Beach2Battleship on November the 1st.

I feel that if I can do five to six sprint tri’s I should be able to place reasonably well in the North Carolina Triathlon Series (NCTS). Consistency is the key!

I am also going to to start working with Charlie Storm from Storm Endurance Sports.  I believe I can self coach to some extent, but this being my first year of serious triathlon competition if you will - I want to get it off to a good start and I think Charlie can help me with that.  I am going in Wednesday afternoon so he can take a look at my bike fit and do a power test.  I’ll post the results on afterwards!

Everyone have a great week!

Today marked the first day of Week #2.  Katie and I did a heavy bench/tricep workout this afternoon.  Since I am going to be out of town for the week I am going to have to do modified workouts throughout the week.  I will post this weeks training log upon my return!

I am going to be out of town until Saturday, Feb. 2nd.  The week after I get back I am going to finalize my annual training plan and get it posted.  The problem I am facing now is body weight.  Normally I am around 200-210lbs.  However, when I am training cardio hard I tend to drop below 200lbs.  Well, that obviously is not going to work well for the Clydesdale class.  My plan is to go into a mass/bulk phase and try and work on my aerobic base with an emphasis on swimming (my weakest discipline).  If I can get up to around 215 and maintain lean body mass I should be able to train aerobically without fear of dropping below 200.

Did a nice speed/strength workout today consisting of sprints, lunges, froggers and exhalation sprints. This evening I had to make up two strength workouts. We did back/biceps and shoulders/triceps. It was a long workout. Hard to make up two in one night, you feel totally depleted afterwards!

I got it done though!

Today I did a nice easy/long run.

1 hr/6 miles @ 147 AHR

Good base building run overall. My knee is a little sore, as usual!

I started my training plan for the Beach2Battleship Ironman today!  I will post the long term training plan when I get a chance.  I am also starting my 2008 Training Log.  Hope everyone had a great weekend!